Supply news · Oct 12 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 12 2026
On Oct 12 2026 we found 14 supply stories across 14 coins: 2 burns, 5 buybacks, 5 unlocks, 2 new-supply stories. Coins that burn or buy back take supply off the market; unlocks and new coins add to it.
Written the night of Oct 12 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- APT AptosUnlock
Aptos insider unlocks end, and new APT supply drops.
The four-year vesting for the Aptos team and early investors ended on Oct 12 2026, cutting monthly APT releases by about 60% to 4.54 million. On Oct 8 2026, the Aptos Foundation also promised to lock and stake 210 million APT and never sell them. People ask if smaller unlocks will finally ease the selling on APT.
APT supply research → - ARB ArbitrumUnlock
About 92.65 million ARB unlock on Oct 16 2026.
Another monthly unlock of about 92.65 million ARB is due on Oct 16 2026, and these unlocks continue until March 2027. ARB rose about 15% from $0.173 on Oct 9 2026 to near $0.19 now. People ask if the new tokens will be sold into this bounce.
ARB supply research → - ASTER AsterBuyback
Aster burned 3.11 million ASTER.
On Oct 5 2026, Aster burned about 3.11 million ASTER, worth about $2.25 million, as part of its plan to send almost all trading fees to buybacks and burns. That is about 0.04% of the 8 billion supply. People ask if burns of this size can keep up with the team tokens that unlock in 2027.
ASTER supply research → - ENA EthenaBuyback
USDe supply is shrinking again, far from the buyback line.
USDe supply fell from about $4.98 billion on Oct 7 2026 to about $4.76 billion on Oct 12 2026, a drop of about $220 million. ENA buybacks only start once supply passes $7.5 billion. People ask when, or if, that buyback will switch on.
ENA supply research → - FIL FilecoinUnlock
Filecoin's six-year unlock for its founders ends on Oct 15.
The six-year vesting of FIL for Protocol Labs and the Filecoin Foundation ends on Oct 15 2026. That stops about 67 million new FIL a year, roughly three-quarters of all new FIL made each year. People ask if less new supply can hold up FIL after its jump of about 14% on Oct 12 2026.
FIL supply research → - HYPE HyperliquidBuyback
Interest on USDC now adds to the HYPE buybacks.
Since Aug 26 2026, the interest earned on USDC held on Hyperliquid is shared with the protocol, and the first monthly payment reached the fund that buys HYPE in early October 2026. Trading fees have already brought in about $1.34B since launch, almost all of it used to buy HYPE, with about $14M in the last 7 days. People ask how much extra buying the USDC money will add each month.
HYPE supply research → DFINITY tied its Cloud Engines product to ICP burns.
Over the weekend of Oct 10 2026 and Oct 11 2026, talk grew about Cloud Engines, which lets companies run their own private networks on the Internet Computer. Under the Mission 70 plan, node providers keep 80% of Cloud Engines revenue and 20% is used to buy ICP and burn it. People ask how many company customers are needed before these burns really cut ICP's supply.
ICP supply research →- LEO UNUS SED LEOBuyback
The LEO buyback is still buying, but the moves have paused.
Bitfinex has not sent any bought LEO to the token's issuer account since Sep 1 2026, while it kept buying: about 236,909 LEO were waiting on Oct 12 2026. It paused like this twice before and then moved the whole pile at once. People ask when the next big move comes.
LEO supply research → - NEAR NEAR ProtocolNew supply
Holders debate cutting NEAR's new coins from 2.5% to 1.6% a year.
A draft proposal posted on Oct 7 2026 would lower NEAR's top issuance rate from 2.5% to 1.6% in small steps over 24 months, after a 90-day wait. Stakers would earn a little less, while holders who do not stake would be diluted less. The forum thread is still busy on Oct 12 2026, and people ask whether a vote will come this month.
NEAR supply research → - POL PolygonBurn
Polygon's co-founder says 22 million more POL is lined up to burn.
On Oct 11 2026, co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said about 22 million POL, around 0.2% of supply, is next in line to be burned, after the 100 million POL burn on Sep 23 2026. At about $0.105 that is around $2.3 million, and no date is set yet. People ask whether burns like this can beat the 2% of new POL created each year.
POL supply research → - SHIB Shiba InuNew supply
A fake SHIB airdrop is going around and it empties wallets.
On Oct 11 2026, a long-time Shiba Inu community member warned that a viral "SHIB airdrop" link is a wallet drainer and that no such airdrop exists. Fake accounts are flooding social media with the link. People ask how to tell a real SHIB event from a fake one.
SHIB supply research → - STRK StarknetUnlock
A new batch of 127 million STRK unlocks on Oct 15 2026.
Starknet releases 127 million STRK on the 15th of each month, and the next one comes on Oct 15 2026, right after the big rally. That is about 1.7% of the coins already in the market. People ask if early backers will sell into the higher price.
STRK supply research → - SYRUP Maple FinanceBuyback
Maple finished another SYRUP buyback.
On Oct 9 2026 Maple said it bought back 1,371,166 SYRUP for about $314,116, at an average price of $0.229. That is 20% of its September 2026 revenue of $1.57 million, under the MIP-021 rule. People ask if monthly buybacks of this size are big enough to move the price.
SYRUP supply research → - TIA CelestiaUnlock
The early team's TIA finishes unlocking around Oct 30 2026.
Celestia launched on Oct 31 2023, and the tokens of its early core team unlock over three years, so the last part comes at the end of this month. After that this steady flow of new coins stops. People ask if holders will sell before then, or if the end of the unlock is good news.
TIA supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.